Component and Widget Essentials

DGLux5 components are customizable, graphical building blocks for web applications. A widget is a custom graphical element that comprises one or more DGLux5 widgets, components, shapes, or paths. When you create a project in DGLux5, you add components and widgets to a page or set of pages. Then, you customize the behavior and appearance of each object using properties, dataflow, and actions. DGLux5 has four kinds of components: Components, Charts, Gauges, and Form Input.

When you add a widget to the widget palette, you can re-use it in different pages and projects. You can load widgets from other projects using your lib directory.

Insert Components

You insert components, and some default widgets such as charts, using the Insert menu.

Specify Position Properties in the Property Inspector

In the Property Inspector, under Position and Size, specify the appropriate position properties. For example, you could set the Top and Left properties to pixel values, or you could set the Horizontal Center and Vertical Center properties to pixel values.